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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
Concrete walks and walls surround the Heart House yard with about thirty-foot high features along the south and east sides. A new walk connects the south path to the courthouse door, and a tent stands in front creating an inviting approach to the court.
About 11 o clock Tuesday night Clark heard a crash at Mr. Ray's store as three burglars entered through a broken transom. Mr. Ray woke and chased them, entering via the back door while the intruders fled. A pane of glass was broken. no goods were reported missing.
A note credits Mrs Sidney St Clair of Trinidad Col for a handsome calendar featuring western landscapes. Also mentions a Jerusalem letter received by G W Bracy via his son Otis of Rocky Mount and stamp interest. Southern Amusement Co reports strong patronage for nightly moving picture shows with kinetoscope and graphophone praised.
Some readers object to receiving a statement of subscription dues. If you are one of these, send us a remittance of what you owe by the 10th of this month or we shall send you the statement.
A joint meeting of the Justices of the Peace from Scotland Neck Palmyra and Roseneath Townships will be held in Scotland Neck on Tuesday March 10 at 1 p m. Subjects include county road matters and all members are urged to attend. Ob chairman Palmyra Township W D Lecerrer chairman Roseneath Township
Mr E P Hyman Burt and Mr Don Hyman faced a serious accident when E P Hyman’s hand and arm were caught in cotton gin machinery. He was taken to Tarboro hospital Friday. Amputation was not necessary, and at last report he is in Mount Echo with friends hoping for a speedy recovery.
The Warrenton Record reports the death of C J Terrell Read in Milledgeville Georgia on February 25. He was buried at Warren Plains Baptist Cemetery with Rev T J Taylor presiding. Survived by brothers and sisters including Captison of Wise. A native of the county he was a railroad man with Seaboard Air Line and more recently a journalist in Johnson South Carolina.
Local notes show many visitors and residents of Halifax Rocky Mount Angier and Richmond visiting and traveling to attend the Missionary Institute at the Methodist church in Scotland Neck. Addresses and sermons from Rev C Read Rev S Moyle and others are noted along with reports on pledges and church growth at Brown Memorial Baptist Church.
Prof C W Wilson, superintendent of Scotland Neck schools, returns from the North Carolina Association of School Superintendents gathering in Washington. About nine hundred teachers and officials attended three days of sessions and receptions hosted by President Roosevelt, with North Carolina officers sworn in for the year.
Rev G E Durham Soming and Rev C H Durham of Lumberton NC will preach at the Baptist church here next Sunday in both morning and evening services.
An archival ad for L. and M. Paint Agents by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Scotland touts a 53-year history and claims millions of consumers use the product. It promotes mixing two gallons of L. & M. Pure Li with a cost of $1.20 per gallon and a two minute application by 16,600 agents.
Public sale of land to satisfy a deed of trust executed by C F White and wife Budl White. The sale covers a lot on the north side of Ninth Street in Scotland Neck with details of the bounds and streets, holding in Halifax County, North Carolina, on a March 2 date. The notice references the deed recorded in Book 184 in the office of the Register of Deeds.
Notice describes sale of a 60 acre farm in Halifax County tied to a mortgage and chain of title from Josiah W. Bee to Jennie Staton to Bisco Pittman to Mrs Jennie Staton to B Edwards to J A Carlisle. Terms are cash. Sale occurred on February 19 1908.
Special proceeding of Martin County Superior Court authorizes sale of 250 acre Hyman land tract near Palmyra Hobgood, on the Palmyra road, parcel adjoining J. P. Hyman and others. Timbered pine land with timber cut about twelve years ago. Sale set for March 12, 1943 between noon and 1 PM at the courthouse. Commissioner S. J. Everett signs the notice. Williamston, N.C. February 17.
Notice of land sale under a trust deed executed by Baker and wife and recorded in the Halifax County Deeds Office. The property, described by boundaries and parcels, is offered for cash to the highest bidder and to be conveyed from the trustee A. Dunn. The record cites Book 186 and dates in 1941.
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